November One of Driest for Lakeland; Monthly Rainfall 7th Lowest Since Records Started

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Dec 6, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Polk had one of the driest Novembers on record last month, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport was only .08 of an inch, well below the average of 2.30 inches, making it the seventh driest November on record for Lakeland since records were first kept in 1915.

By TOM PALMERTHE LEDGER

LAKELAND | Polk had one of the driest Novembers on record last month, according to the National Weather Service.

Rainfall at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport was only .08 of an inch, well below the average of 2.30 inches, making it the seventh driest November on record for Lakeland since records were first kept in 1915.

The record was set in 1924, when no rain fell that month.

Elsewhere around the county, the story was similar.

Bartow's .05 of an inch was the fifth driest.

Winter Haven's .01 of an inch was the third driest on record, as was the .05 of an inch at Mountain Lake, where Bok Tower is located.

The only significant rainfall in November in Central Florida occurred on the Atlantic coast in connection with Hurricane Sandy.